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Navy Hits Errant Satellite

US says it needed to act before it crashed to Earth with toxic fuel

By John Johnson, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 20, 2008 9:55 PM CST

(Newser) – The Navy tonight struck an errant spy satellite with its first missile shot, the AP reports. A ship in the Pacific hit the satellite as it passed about 130 miles above the ocean. The military says it needed to destroy the satellite before it crashed... Read full story »

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